JUST LAUNCHED! VIDEO RECORDING OF 2018 FORUM - WITH OVER 20 PRESENTERS

Stream and/or download all proceedings of the 2018 Forum through VIMEO ON DEMAND

2018 Forum Presenters

The Psychedelic Psychotherapy Forum is Canada’s premiere conference on psychedelic psychotherapy. The Forum engages mental health professionals and all others interested in advancing the ethical and legal use of psychedelic and plant medicines for healing, personal growth and transformation.

Psychedelic Psychotherapy Forum 2018: The Unfolding Promise was heldOct 11 – 14, 2018, in Victoria, on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada — with two full Forum days at the Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa (Thursday Oct 11 and Friday Oct 12), and a third and fourth day dedicated to weekend workshops held in downtown Victoria (Saturday Oct 13, and Sunday Oct 14).

Highlight topics at the Forum included psychedelics and the “entropic” brain, Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, activist therapists who are taking initiatives to change laws, and the training of psychedelic psychotherapists. Post-forum weekend workshops included Bringing Art Therapy into Psychedelic Medicine; Intention and Integration; and self discovery through Holotropic Breathwork™, SpiritDanceSoulSong™, and Gestalt Practice.

NEWS FLASH!

*** VIDEO RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE ***

Our video recording of the 2018 Forum can now be streamed and/or downloaded through Vimeo On Demand, for CAD49.99

The next Forum will be in 2020. During the bridge year, in 2019, stay tuned for a series of workshops and training in the spring and in the fall — geared to mental health professionals.

Check out ourResource listings following the 2018 Forum (including MDMA research study – Clinical Trial Phase III in Vancouver; Therapeutic Psilocybin for Canadians; and Ayahuasca best practices, and more…)

Continuing Education Credits — For the 2018 Forum — including the Full Forum and post-forum weekend workshops, Integral Counselling BC was approved to provide up to 20 CME credits by the College of Family Physicians Canada (CFCP); up to 22.25 CE credits by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), and up to 24 CEC hours by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA). [Please note that Integral Counselling BC maintains responsibility for the Forum program.]

Since our first Forum in 2014, there has been many further developments in the research and training arena surrounding psychedelic-assisted therapies, and in the mounting of legal challenges that will eventually pave the way for patients to safely and legally use psychedelics for medical purposes.

The Psychedelic Psychotherapy Forum is an opportunity for physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors, therapists, social workers, students, researchers, body workers, and others to come together to network and connect about the future of this exciting and promising field.

The last four Psychedelic Psychotherapy Forums, held in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018, were held in Vancouver Island, BC, and organized by Integral Counselling BC. In 2017, the Forum sponsored a Holotropic Breathwork (TM) Weekend grand event — the largest gathering in Western Canada of Grof Transpersonal Training (GTT) certified facilitators since Stan and Christina Grof started training others in this approach in BC at Hollyhock 30 years ago.